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Clinical records of 840 cases of carcinoma larynx and laryngopharynx were studied. These patients were admitted in Nehru Hospital, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh during the period 1971–1986. Maximum number of patients (308) presented in the 5th decade of life. About 1,3rd of patients (302) belonged to Uttar Pradesh State of India. History of smoking was present in 668 patients (79.59%). The commonest site of involvement was supraglottis (264 patients). 508 patients (60.48%) presented in stage IV. Metastasis to the neck nodes was present in 571 patients (67.85%). 349 patients (41.54%) had healed pulmonary tuberculosis lesions while another 76 patients (9.09%) had active tubercular lung lesion. 96 patients (11.42%) had associated tuberculosis of cervical lymph nodes. Squamous cell carcinoma was the commonest histopathological variety in 97.73% patients. 203 patients were treated with combination of surgery and radiotherapy, curative radio therapy (5500 rads) was given in 196 patients and 441 patients had advanced disease, hence only palliative radiotherapy was given.
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Yerma, A., Mehta, S., Panda, N.K. et al. Presentation of carcinoma larynx and laryngopharynx— An analysis of 840 cases. Indian J Otolaryngol 42, 50–53 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02993189
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